EU SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)
SFDR: Pre-Contractual Product Disclosures (Articles 6-9)

EU SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) SFDR-Art.2(17)-DNSH: Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) test for sustainable investments (Article 2(17))

The Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) test is the negative side of the Article 2(17) sustainable-investment triple test. To qualify as a 'sustainable investment' under SFDR, an investment in an economic activity that contributes to an environmental / social objective must ALSO not significantly harm any of the other environmental + social objectives. The DNSH assessment under SFDR is operationalised via the SFDR RTS (Article 7 + Annex I PAI indicators as the principal DNSH harm indicators - if an investment has a material adverse impact on a PAI indicator that is considered evidence that the investment is significantly harming a sustainability objective). Unlike the Taxonomy Regulation DNSH (Article 17 Taxonomy + technical screening criteria per environmental objective), the SFDR DNSH is principle-based + relies on PAI indicators + FMP methodology rather than a specific TSC threshold. The June 2023 ESA Q&A confirmed FMPs may use a quantitative + qualitative DNSH approach + must disclose the methodology in pre-contractual + website + periodic templates.

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  • TAXO-Art.17 Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) (Taxonomy Article 17)
  • TAXO-Art.5_6_7 Pre-contractual disclosure (Taxonomy Articles 5-7) - SFDR Article 8 / 9 product Taxonomy alignment + Article 7 negative statement

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